When the sums due in respect of default interest and the fixed indemnity for recovery costs mentioned in Articles L. 2192-8 and L. 3133-8 of the Public Procurement Code are not mandated within thirty days of the date of payment of the principal, the State representative in the department sends the authorising officer, within fifteen days of notification by the creditor, the public accountant or any other third party, formal notice to mandate. If no payment is made within one month of this formal notice, the representative of the State shall proceed automatically, within ten days, to authorise payment of the expenditure.
However, if, within the one-month period available to him, the authorising officer notifies a refusal to implement on the grounds of insufficient available appropriations, or if, within the same period, the State representative establishes this insufficiency, the latter, within fifteen days of this notification or establishment, refers the matter to the regional audit chamber under the conditions set out in article L. 1612-15. The State representative then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of receiving the decision to enter the appropriations or his decision to settle the rectified budget.